Last modified: Nov. 25, 2024, 3:45 p.m.
A very rare species in the south of Belgium.
Native
The larvae live in spun webs on small branches of the host plant, eating the lower epidermis of the leaves, leaving a transparent upper epidermis which turns slightly brown and withers disfiguring the bush. Pupation in a dense white cocoon in the larval habitation.
The adults come to light.
The adults fly from mid-June towards mid-August in one generation.
The larva lives on Cotoneaster horizontalis, Cotoneaster integerrimus and Crataegus monogyna.
It inhabits calcareous soils.